Uganda and HIV
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- The vulnerability of fishing communities to HIV/AIDS in Uganda
- C. Bishop-Sambrook; N. Tanzarn / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004
- Why are fishing communities particularly susceptible to HIV/AIDS infection and its impacts? What can be done to address the epidemic? The Uganda Particpatory Poverty Process identified HIV/AIDS as the main cause of poverty in fish lan...
- A look at the history of The AIDS Support Organisation in Uganda
- P Ssebbanja / Strategies for Hope, 2007
- This book from Strategies for Hope tells the story of The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) in Uganda. TASO was founded in 1987 by a group of 16 volunteers - including seven people who were living with HIV. TASO provides over 80,000 HI...
- How effectively do National Plans of Action address the needs of the youngest orphans and vulnerable children?
- P. Engle / Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2008
- Although it is recognised that the focus of support must be on all children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS, including those living with sick parents or in extreme poverty, the youngest are often invisible to programme planners, despi...
- Routine HIV testing and counselling in Uganda is accepted and effective
- R. K. Wanyenze; C. Nawavvu; A. S. Namale / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2008
- This report published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization examines the uptake of free HIV counselling and testing programmes in two large Ugandan hospitals. The report finds that of those offered HIV testing, 98 percent a...
- A policy guide to ending girl child marriage
- International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2007
- Girls who marry as children (younger than 18 years of age) are often more susceptible to the health risks associated with early sexual initiation and childbearing, including HIV and obstetric fistula. Lacking status and power, these g...
- Uganda’s education sector HIV policy prioritises non-discrimination, confidentiality and gender equality
- Ministry of Education & Sports, Republic of Uganda, 2006
- This document from the Ugandan Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES) details the HIV and AIDS workplace policy for the whole education sector. The scope of the Workplace Policy is the Ministry of Education and Sports Headquarters; s...
- HIV/AIDS and sex education needs to cater for the range of choices and preferences among young people, and not be dictated by ideological concerns.
- T. Boler; R. Ingham / ActionAid International, 2007
- This report from ActionAid International discusses the viewpoints from a working group on abstinence only education for the reduction of HIV transmission. The report is presented as a debate between abstinence advocates who are in fav...
- Understanding the influence of poverty on adolescent’s sexual behaviour
- N. Nadise; E. Zulu; J. Ciera / African journal of Reproductive Health, 2007
- This article, published in the African Journal of Reproductive Health provides evidence on the link between poverty and risky sexual behaviour. It examines the effect of wealth status on age at first sex, condom use, and multiple part...
- Do cash transfers that do not specifically target HIV and AIDS patients reach more affected households?
- B. Schubert; D. Webb; D. Temin / Malawi Social Cash Transfer Pilot Scheme, 2007
- This paper analyses the degree to which social cash transfer schemes that do not explicitly target HIV and AIDS affected persons or households reach HIV and AIDS affected households. By comparing different schemes in Zambia, Malawi an...
- Protecting adolescents against HIV and unintended pregnancy should be a high priority
- Ann E. Biddlecom; Laura Hessburg; Susheela Singh / Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2007
- This report from the Guttmacher Institute presents key findings from nationally representative surveys conducted in 2004 among 12–19-year-olds in four African countries—Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Uganda—with the...
- Ministry of Education & Sports, Republic of Uganda (MoES)
- The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) controls primary and other levels of education in Uganda. It trains, registers and supplies all required teachers, prescribes a national curriculum and provides textbooks, administrators and inspectors. It's mission is “to provide for, support, guide, coordinate, regulate and promote quality education and sports to all persons in...
- African Palliative Care Association (APCA)
Tanzanian organisation promoting affordable and culturally appropriate palliative care in Africa
